June 2016

what days do you guys post submissions? :)

They are in a Queue, one posted everyday at 7pm (CDT)

Is it canon or fanon that Dave's full name is David Elizabeth Strider?

fanon

When enraged Equius becomes warm enough to evaporate milk from his body.

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Is the Jade that makes trollsona's with Calliope and Jane in the vortex dreambubble from the doomed timeline (in which Davesprite and John die on LOWAS during their trip on the Prospitian ship)? Or is that Jade from the GAME OVER timeline and just hasn't realized she's dead yet?

The Jade from the timeline where Davesprite and John died (not a doomed timeline btw)

The beforus trolls have been dead for eons, watching their post- scratch selve's lives unfold. But Meenah acts like she only just died. When she first meets john in the dreambubbles, she asks him if they're in the afterlife and Aranea had to fill her in about her alternate self. Why is that?

Because she just got there

How is it that the Condesce could be present on both the alpha kids' earth and in their session? After she killed the handmaid did she travel to their universe or session? I would guess their universe, but then how could she get to the medium, especially before all the kids do? I cant think of any ways to enter the medium AND go back in time, and she doesnt seem to have her own time powers. Are there maybe two condesces, with the one in the medium being from the beta kids' earth?

There are teleporters to Prospit and Derse in the Frog Temple on Jake’s island which Condy had access to

how old are the alpha and beta kids when the webcomic ended?

16

I think this was asked before, but do all Tyrian (Fuchsia) blooded trolls have Gl'yb-THE SQUID THING as their lusus? It drives me crazy whenever I see a fuchsia blooded troll with a freaking narwhal.

Yes, all Fuschia bloods have Glubglub as a lusus.

Not all fuchsia bloods had the Gl'bgolyb. She was created by by Doc Scratch. so they would have had another lusus on Beforus

I should have specified, all Fuchsia bloods on Alternia had Glubglub as a lusus.

What timeline is Jane from in the trollsona dreambubble with Calliope and Jade? Is grimbark Jade from the dead Davesprite and John timeline? How is that not a doomed timeline, I thought the real one had all of them getting off at the other end and Jade going grimbark? Please help I'm way too confused by this -_-

From the Post-retcon timeline. Grimbark Jade was in both timelines.

The Space Players can teleport?.

No, that’s a first guardian ability

Can you find a pesterlog or page or flash or something funny to convince my friend to read Homestuck?

Are the Captor's eyes red and blue because of their psionics or because of their twofold vision?

Psionics

Is feferis lusus a horrorterror?

No, it’s the emissary to the horrorterrors but not one itself

If psionic abilities are caste locked why would Vriska phrase this the way she did: "she has a mix of telepathic a8ilities too, like mine, plus the animal communion kind more typical of 8rown 8loods." if brown bloods are the only ones capable of communing, why use the word typical?

All trolls have the genetic potential for all psychic abilities (see the Condesce) but the abilities do not naturally surface outside the castes they are associated with.

Do we know what age pupatation happens?

Young, not long after they are hatched.

In my AU with my partner one of my characters is a Knight of Space. Due to the two pieces would that player be working the frog by himself or would there be a class down the line to help them? If now, oh boy...

It was never stated that Knights have to help with frog breeding, as far as we know i’s just a coincidence that that happened in the two sessions we observed.

is go!jane and go!jake in the dream bubbles? why not if theyre not?

They are

when was it stated that alpha kids dont have any doomed timelines except game over?

Oh my gosh, I’m about to add this to the faq. It wasn’t stated but they didn’t have a way to make any until Dave showed up.

Why isn't Fef's lusus emissary /and/ a horrorterror? It looks like one of them. Is there some sort of difference between them?

Glubglub is barely a fraction the size of a Horrorterror, like super itty-bitty in comparison. And Glubglub was artificially created.

The condesce has Scorpio's troll abilities?

yes

Who raised Terezi?

Terezi 

To me it seemed heavily implied that Kankri had a flushed crush on Latula based on their conversations in Openbound. Were there anything that specifically stated it, or was it just implied?

 “Even though Latula has 8een dating Mituna steadily for eons, it’s hardly a secret to anyone that she and Kankri have had complicated unrequited feelings for even longer. So really, much like their descendants.”

Why does Doc Scratch turn into a dead puppet when hussie shows up?

“I guess… I guess he is just a limp lifeless puppet when I am around. Like a reverse Calvin and Hobbes kind of thing. That is… That is a little disturbing.”

How did Jade revive if she dies off her quest bed??

Recently dead bodies placed on their Quest Beds can still go god tier. 

Where's the page where were told buckets are used for reproduction purposes?

Here.

Sollux programmed the game originally, but then did it make it's way to the dancestors even though they played before?

The pre-scratch trolls found the game on Meenah’s pink moon

What's the difference between Grimdark and Grimbark? Is it just that Condy was controlling Jade?

Grimbark is a pun on Jade’s dog characteristics and being controlled by the Condesce. Going grimdark is when you’re influenced by the power of the Horrorterrors. I think I’ll add this to the faq.

Where did "hopy shit" come from?

Here

how long is a sweep?

2.16 years. 

What was up with those lanterns in Janes planet?

The lanterns reflect the state of the alpha kids’ dreamselves. 

Wait who else was playing on earth? Unless you meant the alpha kids?

There were other kids on Earth who attempted Sburb but they were all killed by their meteors. 

so what happened to all of those other sessions on earth? i know it isn't exactly an accurate way of putting it, but was the beta kids' the only "successful" session?

Yes. 

So, it says that lusii are native subterranean creatures. Does that mean that they meet their charges in the caverns or do they have to go out and find some random monster to tolerate them?

“The eggs hatch into young larval trolls which wriggle about to locate a cozy stalactite from which to spin their cocoons. After they pupate, the young troll with his or her newfound limbs undergoes a series of dangerous trials. If they survive, they are chosen by a member of the diverse and terrifying subterranean monster population native to Alternia. This creature becomes the troll’s lusus, and together they surface and choose a location to build a hive.”

is trans roxy canon or fanon?

I’m kinda miffed that the phrase “headcanon whatever you like” is used so often pertaining to transgender characters because that implies that there’s a canon answer which there isn’t. So how about this, interpret the character however you like. Trans Roxy is a very popular interpretation of her character. 

I have for a while wondered. Is there even Lusii on Beforus? I only recall seeing them mentioned as creatures on Alternia??

Yes, the Beforus trolls had lusii. 

Did Kanaya become a rainbow drinker because Karkat revived her?

No, the metamorphosis she went through was a Jadeblood thing, not because she was revived by a Knight of Blood. 

Caliborn’s favorite game is table stickball aka pool. 

Source 1 | Source 2

Excluding the Dancestors, did any charachter lose their virginity?

Well lets see, there was a group of hormonally charged teenagers stuck on a meteor together for three years, so I’m gonna say yeah, some kids probably lost their virginity.

What exactly is the red sun? And how are universes frogs? Thank you!

A Red Sun is a Supernova, aka a Star nearing the end of its lifecycle. As for why frogs, I answered that here

Holy hell, can Karkat be more useless? :(

Glubglub was artificial?

Doc Scratch made her as a gift to the Alternian people

Not to burst any bubbles, but can any of the kids be trans if we've seen them as babies (being the same)?

Okay smart guy, then you tell me, is this a boy or a girl and why does it matter:

Why couldn't Dave just use his time powers to go three years forward on the meteor??

Because then John and Jade would be old people and he’d still be 13

Technically speaking, isn't 4/13 the birthday of all the kids, beta and alpha?

Well if you want to go that route then technically speaking, none of them have actual birthdays since none of them were actually born

Is Doc Scratch's head supposed to be the white ball in pool?

Yes, he’s the Cue Ball in the Felt

actually a supernova is the explosion that happens sometimes when a star dies the red sun is a red giant

Right right, my bad, I think I learned that when I was in middle school like a decade ago.

Which dancestors lost their virginity?

Probably all of them. Kankri leads a relatively chaste existence yes, the keyword there being relatively

can i fight the homestuck?

Dave also was done with time travel.

That too